Comments on: A CPKC coal train waiting to get the light in Boston Bar on the CN Yale Sub. A CN intermodal had just passed with the addition of a fresh crew, and this train was presumably doing the same, with a CPKC crew change van waiting off to the side.

By: CJ Photography

CJ Photography — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 23:40:42 +0000

I am not currently sure what CN and CPKC have all agreed to! That would be different if a crew did not have to change out every so often!

By: L. Parks

L. Parks — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:53:08 +0000

I guess we should be really worried when they start putting a sleeper in the cab (as truckers have). That way a crew can go for days, spelling each other off when tired. Aren’t all those cameras like a third member of the crew? Trips like Edmonton-Van or even TO-Van, start becoming possible. With AI now taking it’s place in the workforce . . . .

By: Dave Brook

Dave Brook — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:35:15 +0000

No, I know directional running is there to stay. I was asking about CN and CP, trying to go from Kamloops to Vancouver with one crew. I know Vancouver is something of a disaster area, and I wondered if crews were now just running Kamloops- Boston Bar and changing crews again.

By: CJ Photography

CJ Photography — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:25:10 +0000

If you mean directional running, then no. They are using it, as the train above is currently on the CN Yale sub. Throughout the canyon, I saw this pretty consistently.

By: Dave Brook

Dave Brook — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:13:38 +0000

Have they given up onb the double Sub nonsnese since things are so congested around Vancouver?

By: CJ Photography

CJ Photography — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:05:02 +0000

Yes, there seems to be a fair bit of those in the canyon! Great to see some history still in use today!

By: dandopinski

dandopinski — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:01:17 +0000

Still has the old searchlight signals.